Brede Hangeland transfer battle begins as Arsenal take on Liverpool

Former Fulham manager
Roy Hodgson faces a battle to sign top-rated defender
Brede Hangeland for his new club Liverpool, with Arsene Wenger about to lodge an audacious move to tempt him to Arsenal.

Is Brede Hangeland’s Fulham career coming to an end?

The Gunners are putting together a £10million transfer package in the hope of taking Hangeland to north London, where he will provide an experienced partner for Thomas Vermaelen at the heart of the defence.

Hangeland has been attracting interest from several top clubs in the last 12 months, including Manchester United and Tottenham, as well as Arsenal.

He showed his unswerving loyalty to Hodgson when he signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract last November, but now the former Inter Milan boss has gone to Liverpool the centre-back’s future remains shrouded in doubt.